The task of setting a new tone for the 2011 World Series and restoring order on the mound will fall to aces Chris Carpenter of the Cardinals and C.J. Wilson of the Rangers in Game 1 on Wednesday. More >

Champagne-drenched Cardinals shortstop Rafael Furcal posed near the entrance in the visiting clubhouse at Miller Park after Sunday's NLCS-clinching victory until his face hurt. He was not going to let this moment, this feeling, pass. More >

The Rangers and Cardinals got this far because their relievers carried them. And now -- considering how much their starting rotations have struggled and how fearsome their lineups are -- we can probably look forward to a lot more bullpen usage between the Rangers and Cardinals. More >

Technically, Sunday's Game 6 was not a do-or-die situation for St. Louis in the National League Championship Series at Miller Park. Manager Tony La Russa, his staff and players just treated it as one. More >

When the Cardinals made two trades in late July to fortify their 2011 playoff chances, the description of the deals as "win-now" moves was almost pejorative. Turns out, that characterization was downright clairvoyant. More >

Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, which ultimately became a 12-6 Cardinals victory that sent St. Louis to the World Series, was an impromptu Home Run Derby in the early innings. More >

Albert Pujols called time in the eighth inning of what would prove Prince Fielder's final at-bat in the Brewers' final game of 2011, giving the fans at Miller Park a few more moments to say goodbye. At least, that's what the standing ovation felt like. More >

With a 12-6 rout of the rival Brewers at Miller Park, St. Louis completed a six-game dismissal of Milwaukee in the National League Championship Series on Sunday night and advanced to the World Series to face the Texas Rangers. More >

While the Redbirds certainly reveled in their postgame celebration, they know they're meeting a tough opponent in the Texas Rangers, who are appearing in the Fall Classic for a second straight year. More >

Shaun Marcum's disastrous one-inning start transformed Game 6 of the National League Championship Series at Miller Park into a Cardinals hitting clinic. An early barrage of runs sent the Brewers to a season-ending 12-6 loss and sent St. Louis on to the World Series. More >

The time has come to move past the assumption, a mistaken one all along, that the Cardinals were already content. This is not -- and never was -- a team satisfied by merely playing in October. Their history indicates otherwise. More >

Even after the gamble proved more disastrous than many had feared, Brewers manager Ron Roenicke stood by his decision to give Shaun Marcum one more attempt to regain the successful form that he had displayed through the season's first five months. More >

Jerry Hairston's actions accounted for two of the three errors the Brewers committed in the pivotal fifth inning of their season-ending 12-6 loss to the Cardinals in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series on Sunday night. More >

The Cardinals suffered a scare in the fifth inning on Sunday when Albert Pujols was hurt while retiring Ryan Braun at first base. Pujols remained in the game, though he said he injured his forearm and right knee. More >

There's a chance Prince Fielder might have played his last game in a Brewers uniform, but the good news for Milwaukee is that much of the team that made up the 2011 National League Central champs will be around at least one more year. More >

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